I ship Fed Ex anymore. The Fed-ex office is also the UPS office UPS. The people there advised that Fed-ex is less expensive. I've shipped guns Fed-ex in obvious gun boxes and hard cases.
I stopped USPS close to a year ago. I doubt I'll go back.
I prefer classic. Semper Fi I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally